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Kansas is flat, and straight, and plain, and boring. Or at least that's what you've been told by, well, anyone who has ever driven through Kansas. There

A chalky rock face juts 50 feet up from the plains like a rebel sprout. What formed as ocean floor millions of years ago evolved into a prairie anomaly for drive-by Instagrams and road-trip picnics. Just respect the roaming cattle sharing the private property with Monument Rocks (and photobombing your shots). When it comes to public land, Kansas claims less than any other state. "There's barbed wire at every turn, and the land is 98 percent privately owned," says George Frazier, author of The Last Wild Places of Kansas. But, he adds, rugged pockets are scattered across the state like Easter ...

Driving the interstates of Kansas to get to the big cities of Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City can give the motorist misconceptions about the geography of Oklahoma’s neighbor to the north. Travel off the beaten path to explore some unexpected geologic formations that makes one think Kansas isn’t so flat after all.  Mushroom Rock State Park Doug Stremel In central Kansas sits Mushroom Rock State Park, the smallest unit of the state park system situated about 30 minutes west of Salina near Highway 140. Considered one of the eight wonders of Kansa...